专利技术的特殊性以及制度激励约束的软化，决定了专利技术交易具有较高的成本。新制度经济学的交易成本理论是分析专利技术交易成本的重要工具。专利技术交易成本的控制有赖于政府制度安排、企业制度安排的互补、协同和强化的共同作用。

Patent technology transactions are imbued withhigher costs because of the particularities of patent technology and the softening of institutional incentives and constraints. The transaction cost theory of new institutional economics is an important tool to analysepatent technologytransaction costs.The control of patent technology transaction costs depends on complementation, collaboration, and strengtheningby government institutional arrangementsand enterprise institutional arrangements.